Chapter 6. Encoding Audio
In addition to encoding video, Compressor encodes audio in multiple formats, from standalone CD tracks to audio podcasts to 5.1 Dolby Digital audio streams for DVD.
Using AIFF Containers
The easiest way to manage audio in Compressor is to use the Apple Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) settings. AIFF is not a codec or an encoder; AIFF is a container format that lets computers interact with digital audio data.
Compressor allows AIFF files to include codecs, but the AIFF files are most commonly stored uncompressed as a linear pulse code modulation (PCM) stream. Linear PCM is a digital representation of analog signals. ...
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